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FILE - Presiding judge Hendrik Steenhuis, right, other trial judges and lawyers view the reconstructed wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, at the Gilze-Rijen military airbase, southern Netherlands, on May 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool, File)

How Russia was responsible: Landmark court ruling on downing of MH17

The European Court of Human Rights held unanimously that Russia and its agents engaged in “manifestly unlawful” conduct in a missile attack that killed 298 passengers and crew.

  • David Crowe

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Simeon Boikov waves from the Russian consulate in Sydney in April 2023. He remains in a self-imposed exile after breaching the suppression on Rosentool’s name, and assaulting a Ukraine supporter.

The scandalous case that sank the Aussie Cossack revealed

Simeon Boikov has spent more than 900 days hiding out in Sydney’s Russian consulate over his part in the case.

  • Perry Duffin
Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over separatist-held territory in eastern Ukraine on 17 July 2014, killing all 298 people on board.

‘Horrific act’: Russia responsible for downing of MH17, UN aviation body rules

The decision marks a landmark ruling in a case brought by Australia and the Netherlands against Russia over the downing of the Malaysia Airlines flight that killed all 298 on board.

  • Rob Harris
A map of debris over the crash site from the investigation in 2015.

The crime that killed 298 people – and the push to include it in Ukraine peace deal

Families of those who lost their lives over Ukraine 10 years ago want US President Donald Trump to ensure responsibility for the atrocity is included in any peace deal with Russia.

  • Rob Harris
Families of the victims place flowers at a ceremony marking 10 years since the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17).

The five names that shrouded a terrible anniversary

At a service to mark the 10th anniversary of the shooting down of flight MH17, five names hung over those in attendance.

  • Shane Wright
Former prime ministers Tony Abbott and John Howard have been banned indefinitely from entering Russia.

Tony Abbott, John Howard earn Putin’s ire, hit with sanctions by Kremlin

Russia’s relations with Australia has deteriorated to unprecedented lows since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago.

  • Rob Harris
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Igor Girkin also know as Igor Strelkov, the former military chief for Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, sits in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow’s City Court in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Militant behind MH17 shoot down jailed in Moscow for extremism

Prominent Russian war blogger Igor Girkin accused President Vladimir Putin and the army top brass of not pursuing the Ukraine war effectively enough.

  • Rob Harris
Foreign Minister Penny Wong will formally impose the sanctions on two Russian nationals and one Ukrainian.

Australia to sanction three pro-Russian soldiers over MH17 tragedy

Two pro-Russian soldiers who were found guilty of downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, plus a Russian army colonel, will be hit with sanctions and travel bans.

  • Matthew Knott
Igor Girkin, who has been convicted over his role in the shooting down of MH17.

Militant convicted over shooting down of MH17 entering Russian politics ‘to save nation’

Igor Girkin has warned that Russia is in danger of turmoil or even collapse due to military failures in the Ukraine war.

  • Guy Faulconbridge
The three men were found to be involved in the downing of the MH17 flight, which was shot down in Ukraine in 2014.

‘Apply sanctions on these murderers’: Opposition calls for action over downing of MH17

The District Court of The Hague in November found three pro-Russian separatist fighters guilty of causing the downing of MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014.

  • Anthony Galloway

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